By this time, Zelda and Link had made their way to the lake by Peach's
castle. It had suddenly grown very dark, and the moon's reflection on the
water was stunning.
"Well, we didn't exactly go anywhere," Link sighed. But he was smiling.
"What, you mean like to dinner? We already had it. Are you complaining or something?" Zelda asked.
"No. I'm not."
She sighed."You know Link, I'm just going to say this now and get it over with: I don't ever want to talk about what happened to me a few days ago. I don't want it to take over and change my life. I just have to be grateful that I wasn't killed. So please, don't bring it up."
"Don't worry Zel. "Link, I was going to ask-"
"AHOY THERE, MATEYS!!"
Link and Zelda, who had been sitting on the dock, had failed to noticed Fox and Falco's sailboat. It was as if they hadn't been paying attention to anything but each other (awwww, ain't that sweet???? Ask Amy March!!). Zelda almost went toppling into the icy lake water.
Fox waved at them, grinning. "Do ya like her?" he called out.
"'Course I do!" Link shouted back. "Why on earth do you think I'd be out here freezing to death if I didn't like her?"
"Not the princess, half-wit!" Falco shouted, laughing. "Our new boat! The two of us have spent five days on it!"
The boat was very impressive for having had only five days of work. "She looks just great!" Zelda called.
"You guys better move out of the way!" Fox warned. "We're comin' in to dock her!"
The two elves got to their feet and stood back. Then they started to slowly make their way back to the castle.
"Young Link? This is Summer. Over."
"Summer? What do you see? Over."
"They're headed back this way. Over."
Young Link and Summer were both in their separate rooms. The two of them had been spying on Zelda and Link, and keeping each other informed by use of walkie-talkies. Young Link's vision suddenly got blocked by a bunch of trees.
"I lost sight of them. What's happening? Over."
"Goddesses! I don't believe it!.Over."
"What? WHAT?!..Over."
"Your older self kissed Zelda! (sigh) Oh, it's so ROMANTIC!.Over."
"What? He did? I thought he'd never get the nerve. Over."
"Gotta stop. They're walking in, and Zelda's going to expect me to be in bed. Bye. Over."
Summer turned off her two-way radio and threw it into her drawer. She got up from her position on the window sill and onto the bed. Summer turned on the tv. Just as she heard Zelda open the door, she sat up, pretending to have been lying down and watching television.
"Hi Zellie," she greeted.
"H-hi." Zelda was swaying back and forth, but smiling so happily that it made Summer grin as well. Zelda then stood straight, putting her hand on the tv to steady herself. "Did you shower?" she asked, taking out her earrings.
"Yes."
"Okay." Zelda started to leave the room, then stopped half-way. She turned around. "Did you.tonight?"
"Oh, poop." Summer started mumbling as she trudged over to the door.
Zelda glanced at what was on tv before turning it off. It had been that old Hitchcock movie Psycho. "You shouldn't be watching these scary movies. It'll give you nightmares for a week. And that's what you're trying to get rid of, remember?" She heard Summer slam the bathroom door. "It's rated R anyway."
Water started running. Zelda flopped down on the bed and turned the box back on. Summer started whistling faintly, and Zelda rolled her eyes. She thought that whistling and showering didn't mix.
"It's whistle while you work, Summer," she called. "Not shower."
On tv, Zelda watched Janet Leigh turn on her own shower. There were the many odd camera shots, and the princess had to smirk at them. She then noticed a shadow approach the shower from the bathroom. The figure flung back the curtain and stabbed the innocent female numerous times.
Zelda was left horror-stricken, as Janet collapsed to the floor, dead. A few minutes later, Summer walked out of the bathroom.
"There, are you happy?" she asked. Zelda was staring at the television blankly, then turned it off. "Okay Zellie, it's your turn now."
"I'LL NEVER SHOWER AGAIN!! AAAAAHH!" And with that, Zelda ran screaming from the room.
".Okayyyy."
In her own room, Zelda was sitting on a chair reading. She glanced up, and looked her harp that stood in the corner. Link had asked her to bring it, but she couldn't see why. It had probably taken forty Toads to get it all the way up there, because it was so immensely heavy. Zelda tried to decide whether to continue reading or to play her harp.
Then she heard notes. Musical notes, wafting their way up to her tower from the ground outside. Zelda recognized the sound immediately as an ocarina. She got to her feet and went to the balcony. As she had thought, she saw Link sitting on a bench playing away.
After a few more moments of listening, Zelda recognized the tune as Greensleeves. She sang along softly, until it was over. After he finished, Zelda had expected Link to leave. But instead, he just sat there, staring out at the lake. She got the picture.
Zelda walked over to her harp, and rolled it over to the balcony (it was now on wheels). After tuning it quickly, she wondered what to play. She knew that Link was simply waiting for her to play something in return, or else he would have gotten up and left.
Slowly, Zelda started playing Canon. At first, the song dragged and was a little slow. Then the princess started remembering the chords, and played it faster. By the end, she had played the song beautifully in its entirety and without a single flaw. Link applauded below her. Smiling, Zelda pulled out a crimson rose from a bouqet resting on her nightstand. She through it down to Link, who caught it, and grinned. He whirled around, and then tangoed away.
Getting under her bedcovers, Zelda smiled enormously. The day had taken her whole mind off of her attempted murder, and she couldn't wait for tomorrow.
"Well, we didn't exactly go anywhere," Link sighed. But he was smiling.
"What, you mean like to dinner? We already had it. Are you complaining or something?" Zelda asked.
"No. I'm not."
She sighed."You know Link, I'm just going to say this now and get it over with: I don't ever want to talk about what happened to me a few days ago. I don't want it to take over and change my life. I just have to be grateful that I wasn't killed. So please, don't bring it up."
"Don't worry Zel. "Link, I was going to ask-"
"AHOY THERE, MATEYS!!"
Link and Zelda, who had been sitting on the dock, had failed to noticed Fox and Falco's sailboat. It was as if they hadn't been paying attention to anything but each other (awwww, ain't that sweet???? Ask Amy March!!). Zelda almost went toppling into the icy lake water.
Fox waved at them, grinning. "Do ya like her?" he called out.
"'Course I do!" Link shouted back. "Why on earth do you think I'd be out here freezing to death if I didn't like her?"
"Not the princess, half-wit!" Falco shouted, laughing. "Our new boat! The two of us have spent five days on it!"
The boat was very impressive for having had only five days of work. "She looks just great!" Zelda called.
"You guys better move out of the way!" Fox warned. "We're comin' in to dock her!"
The two elves got to their feet and stood back. Then they started to slowly make their way back to the castle.
"Young Link? This is Summer. Over."
"Summer? What do you see? Over."
"They're headed back this way. Over."
Young Link and Summer were both in their separate rooms. The two of them had been spying on Zelda and Link, and keeping each other informed by use of walkie-talkies. Young Link's vision suddenly got blocked by a bunch of trees.
"I lost sight of them. What's happening? Over."
"Goddesses! I don't believe it!.Over."
"What? WHAT?!..Over."
"Your older self kissed Zelda! (sigh) Oh, it's so ROMANTIC!.Over."
"What? He did? I thought he'd never get the nerve. Over."
"Gotta stop. They're walking in, and Zelda's going to expect me to be in bed. Bye. Over."
Summer turned off her two-way radio and threw it into her drawer. She got up from her position on the window sill and onto the bed. Summer turned on the tv. Just as she heard Zelda open the door, she sat up, pretending to have been lying down and watching television.
"Hi Zellie," she greeted.
"H-hi." Zelda was swaying back and forth, but smiling so happily that it made Summer grin as well. Zelda then stood straight, putting her hand on the tv to steady herself. "Did you shower?" she asked, taking out her earrings.
"Yes."
"Okay." Zelda started to leave the room, then stopped half-way. She turned around. "Did you.tonight?"
"Oh, poop." Summer started mumbling as she trudged over to the door.
Zelda glanced at what was on tv before turning it off. It had been that old Hitchcock movie Psycho. "You shouldn't be watching these scary movies. It'll give you nightmares for a week. And that's what you're trying to get rid of, remember?" She heard Summer slam the bathroom door. "It's rated R anyway."
Water started running. Zelda flopped down on the bed and turned the box back on. Summer started whistling faintly, and Zelda rolled her eyes. She thought that whistling and showering didn't mix.
"It's whistle while you work, Summer," she called. "Not shower."
On tv, Zelda watched Janet Leigh turn on her own shower. There were the many odd camera shots, and the princess had to smirk at them. She then noticed a shadow approach the shower from the bathroom. The figure flung back the curtain and stabbed the innocent female numerous times.
Zelda was left horror-stricken, as Janet collapsed to the floor, dead. A few minutes later, Summer walked out of the bathroom.
"There, are you happy?" she asked. Zelda was staring at the television blankly, then turned it off. "Okay Zellie, it's your turn now."
"I'LL NEVER SHOWER AGAIN!! AAAAAHH!" And with that, Zelda ran screaming from the room.
".Okayyyy."
In her own room, Zelda was sitting on a chair reading. She glanced up, and looked her harp that stood in the corner. Link had asked her to bring it, but she couldn't see why. It had probably taken forty Toads to get it all the way up there, because it was so immensely heavy. Zelda tried to decide whether to continue reading or to play her harp.
Then she heard notes. Musical notes, wafting their way up to her tower from the ground outside. Zelda recognized the sound immediately as an ocarina. She got to her feet and went to the balcony. As she had thought, she saw Link sitting on a bench playing away.
After a few more moments of listening, Zelda recognized the tune as Greensleeves. She sang along softly, until it was over. After he finished, Zelda had expected Link to leave. But instead, he just sat there, staring out at the lake. She got the picture.
Zelda walked over to her harp, and rolled it over to the balcony (it was now on wheels). After tuning it quickly, she wondered what to play. She knew that Link was simply waiting for her to play something in return, or else he would have gotten up and left.
Slowly, Zelda started playing Canon. At first, the song dragged and was a little slow. Then the princess started remembering the chords, and played it faster. By the end, she had played the song beautifully in its entirety and without a single flaw. Link applauded below her. Smiling, Zelda pulled out a crimson rose from a bouqet resting on her nightstand. She through it down to Link, who caught it, and grinned. He whirled around, and then tangoed away.
Getting under her bedcovers, Zelda smiled enormously. The day had taken her whole mind off of her attempted murder, and she couldn't wait for tomorrow.
